THANK YOU Kyle for posting this (and thanks to ChrisFix too for making it look so do-able)!! I got a nasty rock chip in the front fender of my '54 Bentley (yes, really) and was getting ready to just live with it when this article came along. I spent less than $30 on paint and sanding kits from Amazon, spent 3 weekends sanding, painting, wet sanding, re-painting, re-sanding... I'm really not even done but already you'd need a magnifying glass, a bright LED light, and me pointing it out before you could find it. The blending isn't perfect because the old paint is faded, but at least it's super-dark black against slightly less dark black. Before, it was glaring bright bare metal against black. You could have seen it with your eyes closed. And before you scream at me... half the paint on the car is original, and looks it. The rest of the paint is a mix of professional repaint and driveway rattle-can job. There are plenty of other, bigger flaws that will keep it from getting "best in show" any time soon. It's a driver, and now I can drive it again. Paint me happy and hella proud that I did it myself!
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